I honestly don’t understand. Why is it dehumanising to be categorised by sex any more than it is to be categorised by age or disability? We use categories to help organise society to keep people safe and prevent discrimination e.g. medical treatment, accessibility, etc.
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Replying to @davykind @AdmiralHip and
I'm reading Invisible Women about the gender data gap and there are many illustrations that if we were *more* specific about sex and gender we could design the world better for bodies and lives. The world is designed for default man and that doesn't help anyone.
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In other words, we should have expand our categorisations, especially of bodies, rather than abandon our categorisations. Western societies don't design around binary, they design around men. It all needs to change, for everyone's safety and happiness.
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Because people’s sexuality and identity aren’t their genitals. Full stop.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @davykind and
Sexuality and identity aren't just to do with genitals, agreed. Feminism and queer theory taught me that. But my genitals are part of what I am. Periods, pregnancy, labour and breastfeeding are definitely part of what I am. I appreciate those things matter more or less to people
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Replying to @ambrouk
Except that isn’t all there is to being a woman. And that isn’t the experience for all cis women either. What about the women who can’t have children, who don’t menstruate? What about the nb or trans men that do? Gender identity is so much more than biology.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
I absolutely agree that women don't have to have those things or do those things to be women. And it's not sex and gender alone that make an identity, I totally agree.
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Replying to @ambrouk @AdmiralHip
I have seen instances where the people have been challenged for saying that these things are a big part of their identity. Is it transphobic for me to say personally that I didnt embrace my female body until I got pregnant? That's my story, my identity journey.
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Replying to @ambrouk
No one can define yet experiences but you, true. The issue is that these people want to rigidly define was a woman is for everyone.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
I haven't met or heard from "these people" that want that. But I have met and heard from women who have made similar points to me, been shut down and labelled TERFs. It doesn't take much to be accused of transphobia, just a few questions earns it.
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The women who wrote and signed that letter are transphobes. And like I said before, if you can’t see that then idk what to tell you.
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